85.7%
Alfa Romeo Giulia pass rate
Used Alfa Romeo Giulia buying guide
In 2025, Alfa Romeo Giulia cars passed 85.7% of 7,506 initial MOT tests, 13.4 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+13.4
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Giulia sits 113th of 575 models in the data. Alfa Romeo as a brand averaged 67.9%, so this model runs 17.8 points ahead of its own brand. Alfa Romeo Giulia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 84.7%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Alfa Romeo Giulia MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Giulia compares with similar cars.
Giulia fuel types
Petrol was the most common fuel among Alfa Romeo Giulia cars tested in 2025. Diesel still made up 21.9% of tests.
Where the Giulia fails its MOT
Where Alfa Romeo Giulia cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (13%), headlamp aim too high (12.9%) and condition has ply or cords exposed (12.6%). See every common Giulia MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Alfa Romeo Giulia that failed, not a claim that every Giulia has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Giulia?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 37.7% of Giulia failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 25.9% of Giulia failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 16.3% of Giulia failure items.
4
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 5.2% of Giulia failure items.
5
Noise, emissions and leaks
Listen for a blowing exhaust, watch for smoke on start-up and look under the car for oil or fluid leaks. 4.7% of Giulia failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Alfa Romeo Giulia failures cluster around tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Alfa Romeo models
The most-tested Alfa Romeo models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Giulia.
- Used Alfa Romeo Giulietta 65.5% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Mito 60.7% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Stelvio 87.8% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Spider 71.4% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo 159 57.5% MOT pass rate
- Used Alfa Romeo Brera 66.3% MOT pass rate
See all 7 Alfa Romeo models ranked by MOT pass rate.
Used Alfa Romeo Giulia FAQs
Is the Alfa Romeo Giulia reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is an 85.7% first-time pass rate for the Alfa Romeo Giulia across 7,506 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Alfa Romeo Giulia cars fail their MOT more often?
Alfa Romeo Giulia cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 84.7%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Alfa Romeo Giulia?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: tyres, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check an Alfa Romeo Giulia's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.